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what is better driving all your hours then sleep or splitting hours bothe sleep and driving & is it better to drive at night sleep all day or vise versa
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that is a personal choice all the way. You will just have to figure out what works best for you, and also how you run will depend heavily on your dispatches.
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Like Uturn says, "It depends on your load."
Some weeks I can run daylight hours only, others are run all night (or most of it anyways).
Time management is of the utmost importance in this industry. Time management is something that I sometimes have a hard time getting a handle on.

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The answer is "depends",as Uturn suggested. It depends on you, your dispatch,how tired you get,how much sleep you need. In this vocation you learn to adapt to many things.
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I always preferred to sleep days and drive nights. There are always spaces at the truckstop during the day, you don't wait long for food or showers, and they stand a better chance of actually being clean. Your truck runs cooler at nights, there is less traffic, and most cities look better after dark.
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Although I personally like to drive straight through(non-stop), at NIGHT, there will be times that it does NOT work out that way.
As the others have stated.....It Depends on a LOT of things.(what time you have to be at the customer's, what the traffic is like, what the roads & weather are like, how you are feeling at the moment, etc.)
Also, if you run TEAM, you have to get it worked out with your co-driver on How the two of you will run.(split or non-stop)

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I try to drive mostly nights also and sleep during the day.
I realize many drivers cannot sleep during the day or drive at night. Night time driving is a problem with many drivers. It goes against the grain of their body clock.
Some drivers lose their body clock, ie. they no longer have a body clock cycle. Time, Days and nights have little meaning.
In the beginning, eventually everyone learns what their best cycles are. Over time those cycles may change again.
If you lose your body clock rhythm sleep/cycles, you'll find you'll sleep a lot better. You'll sleep when you want to. In a 24/7 environment like OTR, this is the best way.

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I suppose it is debatable as to whether it is advisable for newbies to run as much as possible during the daylight hours initially.
Being able to easily see your surroundings is an advantage particulary if you have never run a certain route.
Initially build your experience, get the job done, and don't subject yourself to any unnecessary challenges... there will be enough of those without creating more.

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if you go with a big dry van outfit,most of your runs will be around 500 miles,so you really won't have a choice,pick it up and get it there
it's not like your going to be running cross country and can set your own schedule,your loads and your log book will tell you when to drive.
last weds night a driver was picking up late that evening and had to deliver something like 800 miles away friday morning,he had very little control over when he could run the load,by the time he got loaded,he would have around 30 to 32 hours to make the run and sure wouldn't want to arrive friday morning and have to sit all day,so he had to make it work so when he delivered,he still had enough of his 14 hours to get reloaded friday or he is screwed for the weekend
he couldn't pull out of the dock and go to bed and get going thursday morning,he had 800 miles to do for friday morning,so if he had the hours,he had to go run a little over 200 miles of it that night
He was in NJ and had to go west,so due to the toll receipts,his fudging the log book was limited,he couldn't take off at 6am thursday from NJ and just make it look good on paper afterwards and run the whole 800 miles thursday during the day,he had no choice but to at least get onto the PA turnpike and than kill 10 hours on it someplace and than worry about getting a shower sometime thursday,can't get one on the turnpike,can't get off if he hasn't killed 10 hours,he wasn't a happy trucker.
The run looks good on the computer,whats the problem driver,you have all sorts of time,but not enough to squeeze in two 10 hour breaks.
Enjoy
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Absolutley!!! I have found myself on more than one occasion missing a poorly marked turn in the middle of the night while trying to get somewhere!!!
As Hoss said, managing time is a skill that is essential. When I take on a load, I always (now) try to maximize the number of hours I'll have left after I'm unloaded. Sometime that is based on my knowledge of the potential freight in the area, or just the fact that I know I don't want to have to spend time in a 10 hr break at that location... I ride for those who can't! POW/MIA - You are NOT forgotten!!
Lead, Follow or get out of my way!!!

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Will not split hrs unless I really have too.
I drive from 3 or 4 am until around 1 or noon most everyday. I drive somewhere between 400 to 530 miles a day when out. No matter what I always, well almost always, try to b in and parked by 4pm.
I like to b up a couple of hrs b4 a drop or pu. I adjust times as I go,like say if I get loaded or unloaded late afternoon, I go straight to trk stop n go to bed. If its early morn. Ill finish my drive hrs out.
Some of us r lucky we can sleep anytime of day or night which makes truck'n alot easier.
It will depend alot on what type of compay u work for. Some will give u a load no matter what others will ask you when u r ready for next load. If I get unloaded late afternoon or night Im not ready for the next load until the next morn.

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I don't split my hours. All that does is ensure that I am always exhausted.
At least with driving in the day and sleeping at night I stand half a chance of actually getting decent rest.



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